Dhaka: The Bangladesh Premier League 2018-19 was slated to kick-off on November 30, 2018 in 7 different venues for the first time.

However, the 11^th national election is scheduled to be held on December 30, 2018.

Citing several inconveniences ahead of the election, the participating clubs of BPL 2018-19 had submitted an application to postpone the kick-off the country’s top tier football.

Taking their request into cognizance, the BFF Professional Football League Committee on Sunday decided to postpone the kick-off of BPL 2018-19 to the first week of January, 2019.

On the other hand, Independence Cup 2018 is now set to begin on November 30, 2018 (tentative) at the Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka.